EAHP represents over 29,000 hospital pharmacists across 36 member countries. EAHP represents and develops the hospital pharmacy profession within Europe in order to ensure the continuous improvement of care and outcomes for patients in the hospital setting. This is achieved through science, research, education, practice, as well as sharing best-practice and responsibility with other healthcare professionals.
The EAHP Board, elected for three-year terms, oversees the association’s activities. Comprising directors responsible for core functions, it meets regularly to implement strategic goals. Supported by EAHP staff, the Board controls finances, coordinates congress organization, and ensures compliance with statutes and codes of conduct.
The EAHP staff supports the Board in executing EAHP’s mission. The Staff assists in financial management, events organisations, policy activities and all EAHP projects. The EAHP staff works closely with EAHP’s members and ensures the effective communication all relevant stakeholders.
The first member countries were Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, the Federal Republic of Germany and The Netherlands in 1972. EAHP has now 36 EAHP members and 2 Associate Members. EAHP is open to countries members of the Council of Europe and since 2022 to organisations representing the interests of hospital pharmacists from outside the Council of Europe (Associate Membership)
EAHP’s structure is also composed by different standing committes: EAHP Scientific Committee, EAHP Education Executive Committee and the EAHP CTF Steering Committee.
At EAHP, we are committed to transparency in our governance, ethical standards, and funding practices. This section provides open access to our foundational documents, including the EAHP Statutes, Code of Conduct, and Funding Sources. By sharing these resources, we aim to uphold accountability and foster trust with our members, partners, and the public.
Keep up with all EAHP’s events and webinars. Contact the team at info@eahp.eu should you have any questions about upcoming events or activities.
Here you can find all upcoming events organised by EAHP and by all its members and associate members. Do not hesitate to contact the events team at events@eahp.eu should you have any questions about the organisation of these events.
Hospital pharmacists conduct a critical role in the care of patients in hospitals. Learn more about what they do here and in all the pages under Hospital Pharmacy practice and Policy.
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EAHP brings together experts from many areas of hospital pharmacy practice providing and highlighting good local sustainable practices as that can be up-scaled and shared with other countries. The EAHP Working Group on Sustainability has the aim of reducing the environmental burden of the hospital pharmacy services.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP), and its 36 member country platforms are creating a Common Training Framework for the hospital pharmacy education in Europe. The goal of this project is to allow the free movement of hospital pharmacists within the European Union.
The European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and the European Society of Clinical Pharmacy (ESCP) have collaboratively developed the Oath to Society. The Oath to Society is all encompassing and acts as a contract for excellence in providing compassionate patient care, working as part of the healthcare team and advancing the pharmacy profession, and showcasing how clinical and hospital pharmacists work every day
A day created to highlight the importance and to celebrate the work done by hospital pharmacies. This day celebrates all hospital pharmacy teams.
Catch up with EAHP’s press releases
Find all EAHP relevant publication like the EAHP Surveys, annual reports and the history books.
The European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy (EJHP) is the only official journal of the European Association of Hospital Pharmacists (EAHP) and is committed to advancing the science, practice and profession of hospital pharmacy. As the premier communication platform for hospital pharmacists worldwide, EJHP is a major source for continuing education as well as updates on advances in the practice and standard of pharmaceutical care for patients.
When EAHP and Hospital pharmacists appear in the news.
EAHP publishes a monthly EU monitor with updates about the latest EAHP initiatives and information relevant for the hospital pharmacy profession.
Sponsor Channel
The Sponsor Channel is designed to maximise visibility and engagement, allowing sponsors to connect with the hospital pharmacy community and partners in a dynamic and interactive environment. From product demonstrations to networking sessions, the Sponsor Channel offers a range of opportunities for sponsors to showcase their offerings and generate leads in the new EAHP Website.
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Linked to EAHP Statements
Section 4 – Clinical Pharmacy Services: Statements 4.1, 4.6, 4.7
Section 5 – Patient Safety and Quality Assurance: Statements 5.1, 5.5, 5.6, 5.9
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Abstract
Ethical issues arise in everyday practice of a hospital pharmacist. Fundamental ethical principles, such as respect of the patient’s autonomy, integrity, privacy and confidentiality reflect the right of a patient to accept or refuse treatment and responsibility of a hospital pharmacist as a healthcare professional to act in the patient’s best interests and do no harm while enacting ethical principles.
Optimal and rational use of medicines as part of patient-centred care relies on ethically driven decisions taken by a hospital pharmacist. Hospital pharmacists also play a vital role in providing to their patients with an insight into risks and benefits of participating in a clinical trial involving medicines, where a clear patient’s or career’s understanding is of essence when providing consent. Moreover, formulary management and conservative prescribing make decision-making even more complex in times of limited healthcare-associated resources and frequent medicine shortages. At the same time, a hospital pharmacist needs to protect the patient’s integrity and preferences as ethical considerations at an individual level and allow for population-level ethical aspects to be considered, which yields conflicts among healthcare providers, funding bodies and patients. Therefore, fear from rationing and limited access to medicines place an additional burden on hospital pharmacists, who needs to provide best care in times of shortages and overcome ethical challenges.
Mitigating medicine shortages within multidisciplinary teams, in accordance with ethical principles, provides foundation on how to properly substitute a medicine and to whom to provide the alternative first. Therefore, it is necessary to have a process in place defining an alternative’s approval and ethical considerations for a substitute’s allocation that has already been established prior to a shortage occurring.
Learning objectives
After the student programme, participants should be able to:
Educational need addressed
Hospital pharmacists provide their services in complex environment where ethical principles are challenged by scarcity of resources and patient’s and healthcare professional preferences. In order to overcome these challenges hospital pharmacists need to understand how to balance between individual and population-level ethical aspects and at the same time provide best pharmaceutical care to their patients.
Keywords: ethical principles, pharmacy practice, decision making, medicine shortages
